December 18, 1976, 8th White House Bird Count DC w/ Irv Williams, Chief Gardner, 935-1045 EST Clear, 5-15 w/gust to 25-30. 36-40° Herring Gull - 1 imm. aver Ring-billed Gull - 1 adult Rock Doves - 2B7 Blue Jay - 1 Mockingbird - 1 near tool shed Robin - 1 near tool shed-1st since 1969 Starling - 67 Myrtle Warbler - 1 on E side in tall tree House Sparrow - 11 Cardinal - 3 near childrens pool and toolshed White-throated Sp - mostly SW corner EWing, near bomb shelter and in SW grounds tool and playpool area. Total 11 species, 149 individuals 8-yr Average: 11 species, 139 individuals 8-yr Maximum - 24 sp, 291 individuals Feb. 12, 1977, Sandy Point St.Pk, Md. Red-necked Grebe Canada Goose - 2 Brant - 6 Black Duck Bufflehead - 1M Corn Golden-eye - 12's Old Squaw - 12's in 2 plumages Black Scoters - 18 Canvasbacks Redheads Greater Scaup Common Mergansers - 15-20 Red-brst Merganser - 4 Killdeer - 1 Black-backed Gull Ring-billed Gull Flicker Common Crows Robins - 8 Starling Crackles Slate-colored Juncos Lapland Longspur - 2 Feb.19, 1977, Roaches Run, 245 p.m.-315, Va. Ovc, cool, 2/3 iced over. Mallards Black-backed Gulls Downy Woodpeckers Pintails Herring Gulls Fish Crow Baldpates - all pairs Ring-billed Gulls Cowbirds Canvasbacks Rock Doves Cardinals added at Marina S of Airport: Greater and Lesser Scaup 100's of Buffleheads Am.Goldeneye M March 2, 1977 - 3H p - C BO½ + 1/4 civil eng. eagles from CO Carol, Md. March 9, 1977, Stone Mountain-Atahanta Georgia. 1-4 p.m. Hi brkn, calm, breeze, warm. Red-tailed Hawk above carving - imm. Mourning Dove Brown-headed Nuthatches Cardinals Yellow-shafted Flicker Mockingbirds Redpolls- 3 Phoebe Brown Thrasher Slate-colored Juncos. Blue Jay Robins - pairs chasing Crows Starlings Carolina Chickadee House Sparrows Carolina Wren Redwings